I was taught by a lot of great comedy writers to go for the reality in a role, and the comedy will… — Carol Kane Copy Share Image
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In the very beginning, Yelp started as a service where we really didn't think people would write reviews for fun. The whole… — Jeremy Stoppelman Copy Share Image
Dr. Seuss provided "ingenious and uniquely witty solutions to the standing problem of the juvenile fantasy writer: how to find, not another… — Clifton Fadiman Copy Share Image
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply. — Will Self Copy Share Image
I want a book to contain a world - indeed the world. Writing is my main means of engagement with the world… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I worry that I use writing as therapy too much actually, which can inspire great authenticity and verve but I do wish… — Katy Wix Copy Share Image
I'm writing a record of comedy songs. I'm doing all these collaborations with artists. I bring them lyrics and they write the… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
If I weren't making music, I'd be the kid who writes into the magazines and says, "why don't you guys ever cover… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
When you use the form of a novel, and you say 'I,' you are also saying 'I' for someone else. When you… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
I’m just a storyteller, and the cinema happens to be my medium. I like it because it recreates life in movement, enlarges… — Federico Fellini Copy Share Image
“The spelling in the honors essays was mostly correct, and the diction was clear (although my cautious college-bound don’t-take-a-chancers had an irritating… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Entering into writing a poem is an emotional endeavor for me as well as a spiritual and creative one. Having to write… — Richard Blanco Copy Share Image
I look for us - people of color in Hollywood, to create more stories as writers, directors and filmmakers, creating more opportunities… — Dante Basco Copy Share Image
I remember everyone telling me I had to think positive when I was writing my first book. If I believed I could… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all… — Lisa Alther Copy Share Image
I work with pen and paper. That's my favorite way to write. I love the way the ink sinks into the wood,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better. — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
To me, the great joy of writing is discovering. Most writers are told to write about what they know, but I still… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
Those who write the editorials and those who write the columns, they simply are unaccountable. They're free to impose their cultural politics… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
While we do have 50 years of terrific Avengers stories, many of which our writing staff has written, along the way, this… — Jeph Loeb Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm constantly telling my students is that they're never going to write a poem everyone gets, or if… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
[Writing something original from scratch], the initial process is way different. But once it exists and you start to actually work on… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated… — Harold Ross Copy Share Image
“The Adventure called and I followed with my thumb like a character being written by an intractable author. Which, of course, I… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
With each book, I've found myself more and more able to draw off the personal and still be as vulnerable as I… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
I think about my audience when I write, to some extent. Thinking of writing for young adults, I try to keep the… — William Sleator Copy Share Image
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Phil was mumbling that Reuben might become a writer after all and writers had a way of "redeeming everything that ever happens… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself attractive. I'm an academic, and in academia, people will write you off if you look younger. — Alissa Nutting Copy Share Image
I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
That's the horrible thing starting out, you get distracted a lot because anything is easier than writing. It's just the same enemy… — Jimmy Breslin Copy Share Image
Pale ink is better than the most retentive memory. If it's written down, you can look it up. Just be damn sure… — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
When I was 21, I wanted to write like Kafka. But, unfortunately for me, I wrote like a script editor for 'The… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Lansens is a willing storyteller… As a writer, she desires a particular kind of reader, one who wants above all to be… — Noah Richler Copy Share Image
One poem or story doesn't matter one way or the other. It's the process of writing and life that matters. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
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